It was an incredibly volatile week for markets as investors digested a slew of economic data that reaffirmed the likelihood of a rate-hike pause at the September FOMC meeting next week......
Global equities gave back some of last week’s strong gains as investor attention continues to circle around interest rates. Government yields rose again this week with economic data in the US that came in hot for the month of August......
Global equities closed out the month of August on a high note despite the S&P 500 and NASDAQ suffering their first monthly decline since February. As we spoke in last week’s edition......
Global markets were mixed on the week with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ posting their first weekly gains of August, while the Dow Jones and S&P TSX continued their slide. After a steady rally......
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After a lackluster start to the month of August, spurred by the U.S. debt rating downgrade and mixed data in the July jobs report, markets rebounded slightly this week......
Global equities took a breather this week as investors digest corporate earnings and more data that continues to show a resilient US economy. Earnings season is more than halfway through with results coming in stronger than expected......
Markets continued their march higher this week, and in dramatic fashion. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finally ran out of steam Thursday as investors cashed in following an historic streak of 13 straight gains.......
Global equities continued their unrelenting march higher this week as we had a series of better-than-expected inflation figures out of major Western economies. Price pressures in Britain dropped to the lowest level in 15 months on Wednesday.......
A year after hitting a peak of 9.1%, US inflation has now fallen for twelve consecutive months. Wednesday’s June Consumer Prince Index (CPI) report saw US inflation come in lower than expected at 3% and down a full 1% from the 4% reading in May. ......